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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 15, Issue 16, Pages 6034-6040Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3cp44493g
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB219900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51274181, 21106146]
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In this work, we discussed the vaporization and gas species of ionic liquids (ILs) by a cluster approach of quantum statistical thermodynamics proposed by R. Luwig (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, 4333), which is a controversial issue up to date. Based on the different sized clusters (2-12 ion-pairs) of the condensed phase, the molar enthalpies of vaporization (Delta H-vap, 298.15 K, 1bar) of four representative ILs, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([Emim][NTf2]) 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide ([Emmim][NTf2]) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Emim] Cl) and ethylammonium nitrate ([EtAm][NO3]), were calculated. The predicted Delta H-vap were increased remarkably; even the values of [EtAm][NO3] were larger than 700 kJ mol(-1) when the charged isolated ions were assumed to be gas species. However, the Delta H-vap were close to experimental measurements when the gas species assumed to be anion-cation pairwise, indicating that the different conformational ion-pairs can coexist in the gas phase when the IL is evaporated. Particularly for the protic IL, [EtAm][NO3], even the neutral precursor molecules by proton transfer can occur in gas phase. In addition, it's found that the effect of hydrogen bonds on the vaporization cannot be negligible by comparing the Delta H-vap of [Emim][NTf2] with [Emmim][NTf2]. The in situ and calculated IR spectra provided the further proof that the ions are pairwise in gas phase.
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